We Got a Sign: Bernie's The One. Right there in front of 20,000 people.
Glenn Beck also got a sign, on behalf of Ted Cruz. Cruz is the "Anointed One."
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| Witness to a miracle |
Something is going on regarding Bernie Sanders. There is huge new word of mouth excitement over his campaign. He has charisma and star power, greater than before. The stars are coming into alignment for him.
He swept the states of Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska with overwhelming majorities. And his events have become bigger and more exiting.
Beck prayed silently and aloud, in private and with his staff and family, and God spoke to him. "I have prayed about this man. I have prayed about it out loud, in quiet." And God spoke to Glenn Beck: Ted Cruz was anointed.
Glenn Beck said: "Is it perhaps possible that just like in the Bible people were raised from birth for a specific time. Are we really not that important enough for Him to raise someone up at this critical juncture?"
It is possible, indeed, Beck said. Ted Cruz is God's choice.
Should anyone pay any attention to this "sign from God" stuff? Many people take it very seriously. It is easter today. A great many people are in church. Do people believe Glenn Beck gets direct guidance from God? Apparently some do. Millions of people listen to him every day.
It is a premise of this blog that most people on the margins of voters are the ones who determine elections: the swing voters who don't have strong party affiliation as well as people who are occasional voters and only vote sometimes. Swing voters and voter turnout is what determines who wins or loses. These lightly-informed voters vote on impressions, on body language, on tone, on likability, on who "seems honest", on who they think they would be willing to see on TV for 4 years, on who "makes their skin crawl".
They are looking for cues as to whom to vote for. A little birdie told them.
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| A sign |
He swept the states of Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska with overwhelming majorities. And his events have become bigger and more exiting.
His events are now "an event", an exciting hot ticket. People don't just attend. They wait in lines for hours and text their friends while they wait. He excites people, especially young politically active people. People talk about him as if there is something magical and transformative, like a horse becoming a unicorn. Only Bernie calls for something rarer and less likely than unicorns: American politics undergoing a revolution in which the government represents the interests of the middle class instead of the rich.
There was a big event in Portland on Friday. People looking for these things got their sign: Bernie is The One.
In Portland on Friday a cute little bird found its way inside the arena, flew around a while and landed, of all places, right in front of Bernie Sanders on the lectern, then stayed put for a few seconds, long enough for the crowd to roar approval and long enough for people looking for "signs" from some unseen power to get their signal.
It was as if Apollo sent a signal. Or the Biblical God sent a ram to exchange for Isaac. The gods spoke in the way gods do, through a sign.
The Bible is full of religious signs, as is the unseen world of other religions in myth and witchcraft. Unseen powers speak through others. And now, when Ted Cruz really needs divine help to stop Trump and replace him as the nominee Cruz gets a spokesman, Glenn Beck. Only actually better, since Glenn Beck is flesh and blood in the temporal world and the mere translator. The actual message is from God Himself in response to prayer.
Beck has taken to saying that Ted Cruz has "been anointed" by God as the chosen one.
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| Crowd was amazed and delighted |
There was a big event in Portland on Friday. People looking for these things got their sign: Bernie is The One.
In Portland on Friday a cute little bird found its way inside the arena, flew around a while and landed, of all places, right in front of Bernie Sanders on the lectern, then stayed put for a few seconds, long enough for the crowd to roar approval and long enough for people looking for "signs" from some unseen power to get their signal.
It was as if Apollo sent a signal. Or the Biblical God sent a ram to exchange for Isaac. The gods spoke in the way gods do, through a sign.
The Bible is full of religious signs, as is the unseen world of other religions in myth and witchcraft. Unseen powers speak through others. And now, when Ted Cruz really needs divine help to stop Trump and replace him as the nominee Cruz gets a spokesman, Glenn Beck. Only actually better, since Glenn Beck is flesh and blood in the temporal world and the mere translator. The actual message is from God Himself in response to prayer.Beck has taken to saying that Ted Cruz has "been anointed" by God as the chosen one.
Beck prayed silently and aloud, in private and with his staff and family, and God spoke to him. "I have prayed about this man. I have prayed about it out loud, in quiet." And God spoke to Glenn Beck: Ted Cruz was anointed.
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| Glenn Beck on his knees. Cruz "Anointed for this Time." |
Glenn Beck said: "Is it perhaps possible that just like in the Bible people were raised from birth for a specific time. Are we really not that important enough for Him to raise someone up at this critical juncture?"
It is possible, indeed, Beck said. Ted Cruz is God's choice.
Should anyone pay any attention to this "sign from God" stuff? Many people take it very seriously. It is easter today. A great many people are in church. Do people believe Glenn Beck gets direct guidance from God? Apparently some do. Millions of people listen to him every day.
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| People believe this: Jesus talks through his chosen minister |
It is a premise of this blog that most people on the margins of voters are the ones who determine elections: the swing voters who don't have strong party affiliation as well as people who are occasional voters and only vote sometimes. Swing voters and voter turnout is what determines who wins or loses. These lightly-informed voters vote on impressions, on body language, on tone, on likability, on who "seems honest", on who they think they would be willing to see on TV for 4 years, on who "makes their skin crawl".
They are looking for cues as to whom to vote for. A little birdie told them.
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